'Bumfire' night stunt backfires

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A soldier is being treated for his injuries after setting off a firework between his buttocks.

The 22-year-old, who told pals he was ?bored? with a fireworks display, copied the stunt from the Jackass movie.

He dropped his trousers, and slipped a powerful Black Cat Thunderbolt between the cheeks of his backside.

A friend set the firework alight and the soldier bent over as the firework exploded in a shower of sparks.

Laughing witnesses at the Sunderland event filmed the episode on a video phone not realising their mate was badly hurt.

The soldier, who had recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, ended up in Sunderland Royal Hospital where he is being treated for a scorched colon and other injuries.

John Woodhead, chairman of the Firework Association, said that he had never heard of an incident like it in 45 years.

Mr Woodhead added: ?This sort of thing is beyond belief. We have spent a long time working with the Government to create laws that make fireworks safer and better for the public. This incident is very concerning but hopefully an isolated one.?

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What an arse! ....and a burnt one at that

[faceless]

here's some similar brainiac trying it out... at least this is just some stupid kid, and not a trained soldier though! I mean, if a soldier is stupid enough to try this then what hope is there?!

[fritz]

I?m stunned by the stupidly of some people